Jonathan Knutson, OD
Optometrist · Lincoln, NENPI 1003800012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,000 of the $3,008 with a category attached, or 66.5%. Alcon accounts for 80.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,059, more than ten times the $69 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 51 payments — averaging $58.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$304
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$125
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$54
- AbbVie$53
- Shire North American Group Inc$33
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00066%
- Food & beverage$1,00834%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 19 | $2,421 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $304 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $53 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Precision 1$2,000
- DAILIES TOTAL1$2,000
- Air Optix Color$2,000
- TOTAL30$126
How this compares
$3,008 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 383 optometrist providers in Nebraska.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 42 | $359 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 15 | $146 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Lincoln
- Brian BrightmanLincoln$16K
- William GeisertLincoln$6K
- Tyler LeeLincoln$4K
- Lynda TranLincoln$2K
- Christopher WolfeOmaha$154K
- Cheryl ChapmanGretna$13K
- Jeffrey KleinNorfolk$12K
- Mark ToelleOmaha$10K
- John GoertzOmaha$8K
- Andrea CardaPlattsmouth$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.